SOME CURRENT PROBLEMS OF STAFFING THE ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ENTITIES AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES

Abstract

The article analyses the issues of legislative regulation of the procedure for forming the personnel corps of law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. The author puts forward and substantiates the hypothesis that the performance of identical functions by different bodies determines approximately the same scope of requirements for specialists entering the service. Accordingly, the methodology for selecting such specialists and the procedures for their employment or service should also be unified. It is emphasised that selection and appointment to a position in such bodies should exclude the personal interest of the young employee's immediate supervisor, since otherwise corrupt personal relationships are formed and there is a threat of conflict of interest. The author examines the legislative regulation of the procedures for recruitment to the State
Bureau of Investigation, the National Police, and the prosecution authorities. The author recognises the methodology set out in the Law of Ukraine ‘On Public Prosecution’ as the most advanced and suggests that it should be used as a basis for improving the legal regulation of the formation of the personnel of criminal justice and law enforcement agencies in Ukraine.